The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity

Guy G. Stroumsa is Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at the University of Oxford and Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He obtained his PhD from Harvard in 1978. Professor Stroumsa received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Zurich in 2004, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in 2008, and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre du Merite in 2012. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Introduction: From Qumran to Qur'an: The Religious Worlds of Late Antiquity
Part I: Transformations of Religion in Late Antiquity
1. The End of Sacrifice
2. Patterns of Rationalization
Part II: The True Prophet
3. False Prophets of Early Christianity
4. False Prophet and False Messiah
5. Seal of the Prophets
Part III: Religious Communities and God's Law
6. Religious Dynamics between Jews and Christians
7. God's Rule in Late Antiquity
Part IV: The Way to Mecca
8. Jewish-Christians and Islamic Origins
9. Christian Memories and Dreams of Jerusalem
10. Barbarians or Heretics?
Envoi: Conclusion: Athens, Jerusalem, Mecca: praeparatio coranica